Jerry M. Manion

Education:

Beebe High School, Beebe, Arkansas 1958

B.S.: Harding College 1962 major in chemistry

PhD.: University of Mississippi 1965 Organic Chemistry

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Employment:

Summers 1962 & 1963

Laboratory technician, Phillips Petroleum Company Bartlesville, OK

1965 to 1992

Professor and Chair of Department of Chemistry, University of Central Arkansas

1992 to present

Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Central Arkansas

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Course Presently Taught:

Organic Chemistry I & II

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Workshops and Short Courses:

1979	Mechanism of Drug Action (Chautauqua-CBU)
1980	Industrial Organic Chemistry (Chautauqua-UT-Austin)
1988	Microscale Organic Chemistry (Bowdoin)
1989	Polymer Chemistry (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
1992	Polymer Chemistry (Chautauqua-CBU)
1992	Teaching Critical Thinking in the Sciences (Chautauqua-CBU)
1994	Molecular Modeling (Georgia State)
1995	FT-NMR (Central Missouri State)
1997	Modern NMR and Mass Spectroscopy (Montana State)
1999	Synthetic Organic Chemistry (Chautauqua-CBU)

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Grants:

1966	NSF Equipment (IR,UV and GC) - $6,000
1969	Department of Education Equipment (NMR) - $27,000
1985	NSF ILI (NMR spectrometer) - $34,000
1989	UCA University Research - $10,000
1994	UCA Faculty Development Fund (molecular modeling) - $1482
2002	NSF CCLI (NMR spectrometer) - $109,109

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Current Research:

• Experiments for Organic Chemistry laboratory

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Professional Activities:

• Director of the Arkansas Junior Academy of Sciences (2004 - present)

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Present University Responsibilities:

Chair of the Premedical Advisory Committee

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